Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders.

BUGLIOSI, Vincent with Curt Gentry.

Item Number: 140265

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1974.

First edition, early printing of the number one true crime best-selling of all time. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Malcolm, My best personal wishes always, Vincent Bugliosi.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Edward P. Diehl.

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. It went on to sell over seven million copies. "[A] social document of rare importance" (The New Republic).